443 BC - 399 BC
Hippias of Elis (; Greek: Ἱππίας ὁ Ἠλεῖος; late 5th century BC) was a Greek sophist, and a contemporary of Socrates. With an assurance characteristic of the later sophists, he claimed to be regarded as an authority on all subjects, and lectured on poetry, grammar, history, politics, mathematics, and much else. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hippias has received more than 84,299 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Hippias is the 218th most popular philosopher (down from 213th in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from Greece (down from 110th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Greek Philosopher.
Hippias was a sophist from Elis, Greece. He is most famous for having written a work called "On the Sophists."
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Among philosophers, Hippias ranks 218 out of 1,089. Before him are Gabriel Marcel, Miguel de Unamuno, Swami Vivekananda, Paulo Freire, Bernard Bolzano, and Hasan al-Basri. After him are Imre Lakatos, Gaston Bachelard, Diotima of Mantinea, Joseph de Maistre, Paul Feyerabend, and Hippasus.
1889 - 1973
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 212
1864 - 1936
HPI: 75.15
Rank: 213
1863 - 1902
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 214
1921 - 1997
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 215
1781 - 1848
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 216
642 - 728
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 217
443 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 218
1922 - 1974
HPI: 74.98
Rank: 219
1884 - 1962
HPI: 74.97
Rank: 220
450 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 221
1753 - 1821
HPI: 74.94
Rank: 222
1924 - 1994
HPI: 74.86
Rank: 223
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 74.83
Rank: 224
Among people born in 443 BC, Hippias ranks 1. Among people deceased in 399 BC, Hippias ranks 2. Before him is Socrates. After him are Thrasymachus, Archelaus I of Macedon, and Amyrtaeus.
470 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 95.16
Rank: 1
443 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 2
459 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 3
490 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 4
450 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 5
Among people born in Greece, Hippias ranks 114 out of 855. Before him are Perseus of Macedon (-212), Pope Eleutherius (171), Melissus of Samos (-470), Philip V of Macedon (-238), Scopas (-395), and Eleftherios Venizelos (1864). After him are Ictinus (-500), Diotima of Mantinea (-450), Creon (null), Philoctetes (null), Lysias (-445), and Chilon of Sparta (-600).
212 BC - 166 BC
HPI: 75.23
Rank: 108
171 - 189
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 109
470 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 110
238 BC - 179 BC
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 111
395 BC - 350 BC
HPI: 75.14
Rank: 112
1864 - 1936
HPI: 75.11
Rank: 113
443 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 114
500 BC - Present
HPI: 74.98
Rank: 115
450 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 116
HPI: 74.95
Rank: 117
HPI: 74.82
Rank: 118
445 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 74.82
Rank: 119
600 BC - 520 BC
HPI: 74.63
Rank: 120
Among philosophers born in Greece, Hippias ranks 17. Before him are Pyrrho (-365), Antisthenes (-445), Leucippus (-500), Isocrates (-436), Clement of Alexandria (150), and Melissus of Samos (-470). After him are Diotima of Mantinea (-450), Chilon of Sparta (-600), Epimenides (-690), Cratylus (-500), Apollodorus of Athens (-180), and Speusippus (-407).
365 BC - 275 BC
HPI: 79.42
Rank: 11
445 BC - 365 BC
HPI: 79.27
Rank: 12
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 78.39
Rank: 13
436 BC - 338 BC
HPI: 78.06
Rank: 14
150 - 215
HPI: 78.00
Rank: 15
470 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 16
443 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 17
450 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 18
600 BC - 520 BC
HPI: 74.63
Rank: 19
690 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 74.56
Rank: 20
500 BC - Present
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 21
180 BC - 110 BC
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 22
407 BC - 339 BC
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 23